Snow Talk: How bad will the Chicago blizzard be?

If photos of the 1967 Chicago blizzard are any indication of what's in store, we're in big trouble. Apparently, 20 inches of snow makes everybody's car look about 50 years old.

In fact

People say this storm could be so bad, it might be enough to get Jane Byrne elected mayor.

But remember

No matter what this storm brings, at least we're not in Cairo.

The list

At the intersection of dramatic weather and Internet culture are the creative names ascribed to events like the one approaching Chicago. Call it what you will, but Snowpocalypse and Snowmageddon are hardly original. Here's a sampling of what Internet users have dubbed the approaching storm:

•Snowtorious B.I.G.

•SNOMG!

•Tsnownami

•Snowprah

•OhSnowYouDidn't

•Snowlycow

•SnowhogDay

•DaBlizzard

And finally …

Lake Geneva, Wis., could also get a foot or more of snow before the U.S. Nationals Snow Sculpting Competition begins there Wednesday. Which is roughly the meteorological equivalent of Charlie Sheen hosting a pharmaceutical convention.

The number

35

Inches of snow that fell in Chicago from two storms over 10 days in January 1979. City crews failed to clear the snow in a timely manner, which played a role in Jane Byrne's mayoral election victory the next month over incumbent Michael Bilandic.